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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD HEINRICH ANTON N OOR'.P\V'YCK, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

REMEDY FOR DIPHTHERIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,435, dated February26, 1889.

Application filed .ugns' 13, 1888. Serial No. 282,628. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD HEINRICH AN- TON NooRTwYoK, a subject of theKing of Prussia, German Emperor, residing at Berlin, Germany, haveinvented a new and useful Composition of Matter to be Used asaMedicament against Diphtheria, of which the following is aspecification.

My composition consists of the following ingredients, combined in theproportions hereinafter stated, viz: (a) sulphuret of potassium, onekilogram; (b) anhydrous alcohol,

one kilogram; (d) birch-tar, one-fourth (1} kilogram; (e) Siberiancastor, fifteen grains.

In the first place, sulphuret of potassium and anhydrous alcohol aremixed, allowing this solution to remain alone for at least fortyeighthours. The fluid resulting from such solution is then poured intoanother vessel and here mixed first with tar from resinous fir wood andthen with birch-tar. It is absolutely required to precisely observe thequantities of ingredients above given, particularly 3 that of birch-tar.This done, Siberian castor is mixed with ordinary alcohol and added tothe other ingredients in the solution. No wa ter is required. Theseingredients are to be mixed by agitation.

In cases where diphtheria is still in its first 1 stages, and in case ofchildren of four to twelve years, thirty-five (35) drops in atable-spoon half full of water are to be administered to the child everytwo hours; also during the night. In case of children of one tofouryears, twenty drops are administered in a spoonful of water. If thechild has had diphtheria for several days, so that apprehension prevailsthat the larynx has thereby been already affected, (indicated byhoarseness,) every fifteen (15) minutes five drops may be given in aspoonful of water. As soon as improvement shows itself, a like quantitymay be given every thirty minutes. The child must be allowed time toswallow the medicine slowly down. In case of adults,four to six fullteaspoonfuls thereof, with or without Water, are required.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

The herein-described composition of matter to be used as a usefulreliable remedy against diphtheria, consisting of sulphuret ofpotassium, anhydrous alcohol, tar from resinous j iir \vood, birch-tar,and Siberian castor, in the proportions specified.

CONRAD HEINRICH ANTON NOORIWYCK. Witnesses:

B. ROI, CARL R01.

